Could Trump's CPP replacement delay ultimately hurt coal?

October 20, 2017
Even though the Trump EPA's proposal to repeal its Clean Power Plan (CPP) greenhouse gas rule has been celebrated by the coal sector and its allies, one professor says that the agency's drawn-out process to replace the rule might hurt the industry by creating a “policy void” that could be filled by the next administration. “Repeal and delay may help coal for now. But it leaves a policy void if a new administration arrives in 2021. Will the next administration...


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